Belgium vs France: Armed forces, share of workers

Armed forces, share of workers in 2020: 0.47% of the labour force in Belgium and 1% of the labour force in France, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in France, by 0.54 percentage points, or 2.14 times that in Belgium.

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% of the labour force · IISS

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What the numbers say

France has been higher since 1992, when it overtook Belgium.
In 2020, Belgium ranked 120 and France ranked 68 of 168 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 0.79% of the labour force in 2020.

Every year

% of the labour force · IISS

Year	Belgium	France	World
2020	0.47	1	0.79
2019	0.51	1	0.79
2018	0.62	1	0.8
2017	0.64	1.01	0.8
2016	0.68	1.01	0.81
2015	0.73	1.01	0.82
2014	0.75	1.03	0.82
2013	0.76	1.05	0.83
2012	0.62	1.08	0.87
2011	0.7	1.11	0.88
2010	0.73	1.15	0.89
2009	0.82	1.15	0.89
2008	0.82	1.2	0.89
2007	0.82	1.21	0.89
2006	0.86	1.22	0.95
2005	0.8	1.25	0.96
2004	0.8	1.26	0.94
2003	0.93	1.27	0.98
2002	0.9	1.3	1
2001	0.91	1.36	1.01
2000	0.89	1.43	1.07
1999	0.96	1.52	1.09
1998	1.03	1.69	1.13
1997	1.05	1.78	1.15
1996	1.1	1.84	1.18
1995	1.13	1.9	1.2
1994	1.27	1.93	0.94
1993	1.71	1.94	0.98
1992	1.94	2.01	1.03
1991	2.51	2.11	1.03
1990	2.69	2.13	1.11

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Active-duty military personnel as a share of everyone working or looking for work, by the IISS Military Balance.
Source: IISS, The Military Balance, via the World Bank.
Ranks count the 168 countries with a value in 2020, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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